Buckle



(No Model.)

J. W. MEAKER.

BUCKLE.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

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NITED STATES PATENT Orricne JOHN XV. MEAKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKLE.

.ECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,915, dated December 9, 1884. i Application filed December 3, 1883. (No model.) l

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. MEAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident'of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles, which improvc ment is fully set forth in the following specilication and accompanying drawings,in which- Figurel is a top or plan view of a buckle embodying my invention, a strap being attached. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionI thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views of modiiications. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a buckle embodying myinvention. Fig. 6 is a view of a part of harness having my invention applied to it.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of a buckle formed of a back plate having loops, both of sheet metal, and a stud or post, the strap being adapted to be fitted to said stud and retained thereon by the loops, thus securely connecting the strap and buckle.

It also consists of certain other details of construction, as will be hereinafter fully set forth. l

Referring to the drawings, A represents a buckle, consisting of a plate, a, loops b, and stud c, said plate and loops being formed of sheet metal, and said studs c of suitable metal connected with said plate, the loops being at the ends of the plate and the stud rising from the plate intermediate ot' the loops. Rising from the plate under either loop is a stud, d, which is shorter than the stud c. The strap to be buckled has one end passed through the proper loop and engaged with the stud d. The other end of the strap or another length of strap isthen inserted through the loops and engaged with the stud c, it being noticed that the short stud d does not project beyond the inner or lower strap, whereby the other strap may be passed over the short stud between the same and the overhanging loop thereof and shifted without obstruction. As the straps are connected with the studs and the loops prevent rising of the straps, they are firmly and securely buckled.

Rising from the sides ofthe plate a are flanges c', which are of such height as to embrace the sides of the lower or inner strap on the buckle.

When the strap is to be unbuckled the ngers l* are applied to the buckle, so ash() bow or bend .,Qlliiallslly the upper cut1.',.stlar. thusdisengaging it from the'stud c, itl noticed b. By this provision the bending of the porv tions of the strap outside of the buckle does not affect the portions within the buckle and throw the same oft" from the studs; hence the security of connection of the strap or straps with the buckle is assured.

B represents a slide for the two lengths of straps, or a length of one strap and end of the other, to prevent flapping or separation of the straps at contiguous places, said slide being in the form of a loop, b, from the back'plate, a, of which rises a stud, c, which is of such height or length as to engage with only the lower or inner strap, leaving the upper or outer strap free to pass the same. Vhen the slide is adjusted its stud enters the proper opening in the lower or inner strap or length then being inserted, or if inserted, moving along in the slide without interference of the stud c until it occupies its proper position, when it covers the end of the stud, preventing disengagement of the other strap andlretaining the slide on the straps.

In Fig. 3 I show the buckle duplicated, with loops and studs on opposite sides, and in Fig. 4 I attach a loop on the back of the buckle (shown in Fig. l) for the purposes of tugs, hames, dto. In Fig. 6 the buckle is illustrated as applied to a blind, the back-plate loops in this case being elongated.

In order to increase the hold of the strap on the stud to which it is atxed, the outer end of the stud is bifurcated or spread, whereby, when the strap is tted thereon, the bifurcation forms in a measure a key, preventing accid ental separation of the strap from the stud.

In manufacturing the buckle, I construct IOO the same of sheet metal cut into proper shape and turned up, thus forming the end loops and slide-flanges. This reduces the cost of making the buckle, owing` to the saving` of time and labor, and as the loops need not close at top, there is also a saving of material.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. An improved buckle, formed of a back plate and a loop or loops of sheet metal, and a stud or studs connected with said plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A buckle formed of a back plate, a loop, Y

and studs of different lengths, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A buckle formed of a back plate, a loop,

and stud, the outer end of the latter being bifurcated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. An improved buckle, formed of a back plate, a loop or loops and side flanges of sheet inetal, and a stud or studs connected with said plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. An improved buckle, formed of a back plate and a loop or loops of sheet metal, and a stud or studs and loop or loops connected with the back plate on opposite sides thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

J. XV. MEAKER.

Vitiiesses:

JOHN A. VIEDERSHEIM, JNO. K. PLITT. 

